Alex Knight has more than 20 years of experience as a pioneer at the intersection of technology and media. He is currently CEO of EDGE Labs, which provides strategic consulting to technology, media, investment and consumer products companies. Knight has helped start and/or served on the boards of a wide range of companies including: Classmates (now United Online), About.com (now NYTimes), DataCastle Corporation, Coffee Equipment Company (now Starbucks), NETbot, Throw (both purchased by Excite/ATT), NewsCloud and Quorus. Most recently, Knight was also a Portfolio Manager at Intellectual Ventures, a privately-held invention investment company with over $5 Billion under management. At IV, he led development of the global software portfolio for the firm’s Invention Development Fund, working with inventors and researchers around the world to drive long-term innovation. Prior to founding EDGE Labs in 2004, Knight was a Managing Director at ARCH Venture Partners, a seed and early stage venture capital fund manager with nearly $1.5 Billion under management. ARCH invests across the U.S. and specializes in spin-outs of lab and university technology. As EVP of MCI News Corporation Internet Ventures, Knight led the joint venture’s business development, product management and editorial activities, including launch of the award-winning iGuide (reviewed by BusinessWeek as "brilliant…"). Before joining MCI News, Knight led creative and business affairs for online services and broadband media at Microsoft. His responsibilities included establishing the Microsoft/NBC partnership and managing early work on a variety of businesses, including the launch of MSN, interactive television applications/media and local services, such as Sidewalk/CitySearch. Prior to Microsoft, Knight led business development at Continuum Productions (now Corbis), a private company founded by Bill Gates to pioneer the creation of large digital libraries and media for online distribution. Knight also spent five years at Apple in a variety of roles, including leading developer relations and evangelism for the creation of Apple’s Personal Interactive Electronics business. Knight’s speaking engagements have ranged from the Harvard Business School to the Cannes Film Festival. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Stanford University.

Alex Knight has more than 20 years of experience as a pioneer at the intersection of technology and media. He is currently CEO of EDGE Labs, which provides strategic consulting to technology, media, investment and consumer products companies.

Knight has helped start and/or served on the boards of a wide range of companies including: Classmates (now United Online), About.com (now NYTimes), DataCastle Corporation, Coffee Equipment Company (now Starbucks), NETbot, Throw (both purchased by Excite/ATT), NewsCloud and Quorus.

Most recently, Knight was also a Portfolio Manager at Intellectual Ventures, a privately-held invention investment company with over $5 Billion under management. At IV, he led development of the global software portfolio for the firm’s Invention Development Fund, working with inventors and researchers around the world to drive long-term innovation.

Prior to founding EDGE Labs in 2004, Knight was a Managing Director at ARCH Venture Partners, a seed and early stage venture capital fund manager with nearly $1.5 Billion under management. ARCH invests across the U.S. and specializes in spin-outs of lab and university technology.

As EVP of MCI News Corporation Internet Ventures, Knight led the joint venture’s business development, product management and editorial activities, including launch of the award-winning iGuide (reviewed by BusinessWeek as "brilliant…").

Before joining MCI News, Knight led creative and business affairs for online services and broadband media at Microsoft. His responsibilities included establishing the Microsoft/NBC partnership and managing early work on a variety of businesses, including the launch of MSN, interactive television applications/media and local services, such as Sidewalk/CitySearch.

Prior to Microsoft, Knight led business development at Continuum Productions (now Corbis), a private company founded by Bill Gates to pioneer the creation of large digital libraries and media for online distribution. Knight also spent five years at Apple in a variety of roles, including leading developer relations and evangelism for the creation of Apple’s Personal Interactive Electronics business.

Knight’s speaking engagements have ranged from the Harvard Business School to the Cannes Film Festival.

He holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Stanford University.

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